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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 599, NWS Jackson, MS

August 25, 1999Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1999, 3:54 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1999, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1999, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 4:10 PM CDTThunderstorm WindNewton, MSSeveral trees were blown down along Interstate 20.
Aug 25, 4:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Newton, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1999-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1999-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith31 min
Aug 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley32 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.